Table 2.

Summary statistics DHS 1992—children under five born alive

	Count	Mean	sd	min	max
Birth order	9155	3.43	2.59	1.00	19.00
Child’s age	9155	2.51	1.43	0.00	4.92
Child’s sex—female	9155	48.68	49.99	0.00	100.00
Mother’s age	9155	29.15	6.74	15.00	49.00
Indigenous mother	9155	14.77	35.48	0.00	100.00
Mother’s years of education	9150	6.34	4.23	0.00	16.00
Piped water at home	9155	55.23	49.73	0.00	100.00
Access to a toilet or cesspit	9155	0.55	0.50	0.00	1.00
Mother received tetanus vaccine	9105	35.57	47.88	0.00	100.00
Number of antenatal visits	9059	4.02	4.19	0.00	40.00
Mother has antenatal card	9064	32.01	46.65	0.00	100.00
Institutional births	9155	51.21	49.99	0.00	100.00
Low birth weight (< 2.5 kg.)	5490	7.78	26.79	0.00	100.00
Small size of child at birth	9099	20.01	40.01	0.00	100.00
Very small size of child at birth	9099	3.70	18.89	0.00	100.00
Premature child	9141	3.86	19.26	0.00	100.00
Mortality rate—children age 0-5	9155	6.18	24.07	0.00	100.00
Mortality rate—3 months or younger	9155	3.51	18.41	0.00	100.00
Neonatal mortality	9155	2.47	15.53	0.00	100.00
First-day mortality	9155	1.07	10.31	0.00	100.00
Child had diarrhea in past 2 weeks	8456	18.54	38.87	0.00	100.00
Child had diarrhea severe in past 2 weeks	8456	11.97	32.46	0.00	100.00
Child ill in past 2 weeks	8465	39.48	48.88	0.00	100.00
Stunting (height for age < 2 std.)	7548	31.90	46.61	0.00	100.00
Underweight (weight for age < 2 std.)	7548	10.70	30.91	0.00	100.00
Height for age (std.)	7548	− 1.36	1.38	− 5.97	5.58
Weight for age (std.)	7548	− 0.57	1.23	− 5.81	5.29